Camas-Washougal’s fire chief, Nick Swinhart, who has lobbied over the past few years for funding to help shore up staffing shortages that have forced many firefighters to work 60 hours a week, resigned unexpectedly this week.
One person was burned in a garage fire that spread throughout the attached house Thursday in east Vancouver’s Mountain View neighborhood, according to the Vancouver Fire Department.
A Vancouver man accused of setting his family’s house on fire Saturday in the Columbia River neighborhood is facing allegations of first-degree domestic violence arson and third-degree assault.